North eastern city over sunderland. A Police Building there was attacked and the property next to it set on fire. Police have been trying to contain several hundred demonstrators in what has been a lease latest in violent protests in a number of English Towns and cities this week. It follows the fatal stabbing of three children in southport in the North West of england on monday. Dozens more protests are planned for this weekend in the wake of those stabbings. Our Correspondent Mark Easton was on the ground in sunderland as protesters caused chaos. As darkness began to large numbers of police have been deployed across the city to deal with a wave of criminality. The Police Car in a Side Street vandalised. Around the next corner, a taxi overturned and satellite. About four or 500 protesters here in the city of sunderland. A Police Helicopter overhead. You can probably see the right squads getting out of their van with police on Horseback Charging through the crowd to disperse them but i
Abraham lincoln is being sent to the region. Iran and its allies have promised imminent retaliation against israel. An announcer on iran State Tv said on Friday Night that in coming hours, the world would witness extraordinary scenes and very important developments. It comes after a Funeral Ceremony in qatar for the hamas political leader, ismail haniyeh, who was assassinated in iran on wednesday. Officials from a number of arab and muslim countries attended as well as prominent figures from fatah, the main rival palestinian faction to hamas. Hamas and iran have vowed revenge for the strike that targeted mr haniyeh. Although iran and its allies have blamed israel, the country has not claimed responsibility for his death. From doha, our senior international Correspondent Orla Guerin reports. Dohas largest mosque, the setting for Funeral Prayers for ismail haniyeh. Qatar has been his base for years. And in punishing heat, thousands came to mourn the slain leader of hamas. Among the crowd
Stabbing in southport. Growing controversy at the olympics over the algerian boxer imane khalif, who is through to the quarterfinals despite failing a Gender Eligibility Test in another competition. Hello. Hundreds of mourners have attended Funeral Prayers at the State Mosque in the qatari capital, doha, for the hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. His coffin, covered by the palestinian flag, has now been taken to a Cemetery Outside Doha where he is being buried in a simple ceremony. Lets speak to nomi bar yaacov, associate fellow at the british Think Tank Chatham house and an expert in diplomacy in the Middle East. Thank you for your time today. What role is therefore diplomacy in the Middle East and, perhaps more pertinently, is there space for diplomacy given the current climate . Absolutely, theres always a place for diplomacy, especially in very difficult moments like this. Diplomacy stretches to minimising the severity of potential attacks. It is very clear that iran, Mykolaiv
Taiwans Lin Yuting is fighting Sitora Turdibekova of uzbekistan. Meanwhile, Angela Carini has told the italian media that shes sorry for not shaking the hand of algerian fighter imane khelif. Their fight lasted just 46 seconds after carini pulled out saying she wanted to protect her life. Khelif was cleared to compete in the Womens Boxing in paris, despite being disqualified from last years womens World Championships for failing to meet eligibility criteria. Sport Secretary Lisa Nandy said there were questions to be answered. It was incredibly uncomfortable to watch for the 46 seconds it lasted and i know theres a of concern about women competitors and about whether are getting the Balance Right in notjust boxing but other sports as well and the decision that successive governments have made and that these are complex decisions that these are complex decisions that should be made by Sporting Bodies, in this case i understand the biologicalfacts are bodies, in this case i understand the
To the Paris Olympics where Team Gb have won their third Gold Medal of the day with Showjumping Champions joining top winners in trampolining and double sculls rowing. Hello. Thank you for being with us. Russian dissidents released in the biggest East West Prisoner swap since the Cold War are expected to speak publicly in the next few hours. Vladimir Kara Murza shared this image of himself, along with Ilya Yashin and andrei pivovarov, saying there would hold a News Conference in bonn shortly. The russian prisoners released by the west include convicted Hit Man Vadim Krasikov an agent and Hit Man who shot dead a Kremlin Opponent In Berlin five years ago. Also. A family of russian Sleeper Agents who were pretending to be argentines they were so deep under cover their children only found out they were russian after the flight to moscow took off. At an airbase outside washington, president Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted the returned americans the two us journalists, eva